Painting of the Flagellation of Christ
- Style
- Baroque
- Date
- ca. 1682
- Material and technique
- oil on canvas
- Description
- The centre of the painting is occupied by a standing figure of Christ whose hands are tied to a column at the back. Jesus is girded with a white perizoma. The torturer on the left is wearing a white shirt covering half of his chest, and his hips are girded with a robe of intense green colour. He holds a whip above his head in his right hand and a rod in his left. The torturer on the right is dressed similarly, girded with red cloth, wearing brown and white trousers and high boots. He holds a whip with both hands, covering half of his face. Their complexion is decidedly darker than Christ’s, who creates a contrast with the whiteness of his body in the centre of the composition. The background is brown, with barely discernible discussing figures painted in shades of grey. Probably in the background, on the left, behind the figure of one of the torturers, there is a barely discernible portrait of Michael Willmann.
